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As I make goals for this year... Jesus, let your thoughts become my thoughts and bend my will to Your will.

At the end of the day, honoring God leads to good things. Anything else leads to confusion, emotional exhaustion and a lack of good things.

A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.

A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.

Because He's near, we dont have to be anxious or feel out of control. We have peace that rises above any circumstance!

Being married is amazing. Being married is incredibly difficult. Being married can seem impossibly hard. Being married is incredibly beautiful. Yes, marriage is a fragile blend of all of this and more.

Being uncertain and scared and riddled with doubt some days isn't a sign of bad things to come. It's actually quite the opposite. After all, if great things weren't on the horizon, I don't think the enemy would be so bent on attacking us.

Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.

Chase God's heart today. Christianity has got to be more than a label, a lingo, and a lifestyle.

Compromise built upon compromise equals failure. Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment.

Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else's mouth is a reflection of their heart ... not yours.

Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I've compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Determine to pray more words over your marriage than you speak about your marriage.

Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.

Don't get so locked in to your overwhelming schedule that you haphazardly spend your soul.

Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart.

Don't let people's compliments go to your head, and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you'll be ruled by what other people think of you.

Don't let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.

Don't put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.

Even Jesus, the Savior of the world, had to take time each day to ask for his portion.

Everything I do and say tells a story of who I am serving. If I am acting out of anger and spite, I am serving the father of darkness and spreading his darkness. If I am honoring to the Lord with my actions, I am serving to further the name of Jesus and spreading His light.

Feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate where your heart is in the moment, but that doesn't mean they have the right to dictate your behavior and boss you around. You are more than the sum total of your feelings and perfectly capable of that little gift . . . called self-control.

Feelings should be indicators, not dictators.

Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no.

Food can fill our stomachs but never our souls. Posessions can fill our houses but never our hearts. Sex can fill our nights but never our hunger for love. Children can fill our days but never our identities. Jesus wants us to know only He can fill us and truly satisfy us.

Getting healthy isn't just about losing weight. It's not limited to adjusting our diet and hoping for good physical results. It's about recalibrating our souls so that we want to change - spiritually, physically, and mentally. And the battle really is in all three areas.

God can take what Satan meant for shame and use it for His glory. Just when we think we've messed up so badly that our lives are nothing but heaps of ashes, God pours His living water over us and mixes the ashes into clay. He then takes this clay and molds it into a vessel of beauty. After He fills us with His overflowing love, He can use us to pour His love into the hurting lives of others.

God, despite my circumstances, I will find reasons to praise You.

God does not want to make us comfortable as much as He wants to make us comfort-able - to take the comfort that we receive and share it with others.

God gave me emotions so I could experience life, not destroy it

God has challenged me to grow in my knowledge of Him but I have to CHOOSE whether or not to display this growth through my actions.

God invites us today to live a great story with Him.

God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

God, I want to see You. God, I want to hear You. God, I want to know You. God, I want to follow hard after You. And even before I know what I will face today, I say yes to You.

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat

God never intended us to want anything more than we want Him. Just the slightest glimpse into His Word proves that, Look at what the Bible says about God's chosen people, the Israelites, when they wanted food more than they wanted God: 'They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved' (Psalm 78:18). Yikes

God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.

God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.

Great love isn't two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.

Having faith doesn't mean I have all the answers. It means trusting God especially in the midst of uncertainty.

Having God as an identity marker is nothing but a label, a language, and a lifestyle. I'm a Christian. I talk like one. I act like one. But having God as an identity changer is so much more. It's lavish abandon to who God is and who He's made me to be. Holding nothing back!

Here's an encouraging word for someone tonight - don't think you're not doing what God called you to do just because things don't seem as glamorous as you thought they would be. If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry. Keep being obedient, keep looking for the next open door of opportunity, and above all else hold closely to our Lord.

How I wish we could all see the cost of our choices as clearly as a price tag on items in a store. If I know how much something is going to cost me, I make much wiser choices. But we have an enemy who schemes against us to keep the cost of dumb decisions concealed until it's too late.

How to overcome that seemingly impossible issue... Pray more words about it than you speak.

I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.

If I'm trusting myself, I will stare at all the possible ways I could fail. If I'm trusting God, I will stare at all the possible ways He'll use this whether I fail or succeed.

If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.

If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry.

If you desire to please God with the decision you make and afterward it proves to be a mistake, it’s an error not an end.